Method, recording medium, and design support system for designing an electronics device

Abstract

A design method includes creating power supply planes in each layer of a circuit board, from CAD data of the circuit boards whereby the power supply planes form one power supply conductor interconnect and supply power or connect to ground, expanding the shape of the power supply planes by a predetermined width, creating power supply pairs which are formed by opposing portions wherein two power supply planes existing in different layers are separated by an insulator and correcting the parameter by use of the mesh area.

1. A method for designing an electronics device by a computer comprising:
 creating power supply planes in each layer of a circuit board, from CAD data of the circuit board, whereby the power supply planes form one power supply conductor interconnect and supply power or connect to ground; 
 expanding the power supply planes by a predetermined width; 
 creating power supply pairs using the expanded power supply planes by forming opposing portions of two power supply planes in different layers separated by an insulator; 
 generating nodes for the expanded power supply planes and the power supply pairs, calculating a parameter between nodes, dividing the expanded power supply planes into mesh, calculating the parameters between the nodes, calculating a mesh area corresponding to an expanded portion of the power supply planes in each the mesh by comparing each mesh shape with the power supply plane shape, and correcting the parameter by use of the mesh area; and 
 designing the electronics device using the mesh area. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , comprising further:
 expanding the power supply plane toward an outside of an outer of the power supply plane. 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 1  said power supply plane, comprising further:
 expanding the power supply plane toward the inside of a hole in the power supply plane. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the predetermined width is proportional to a distance between the layer having the power supply planes and a proximal layer to the power supply planes. 
 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the predetermined width is appropriate for a distance from the LSI to be monitored on said circuit board. 
 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating the power supply mesh model as said analysis model; and 
 converting the power supply mesh into an equivalent circuit of the parameters. 
 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the parameter is selected from the group consisting of an inductance value, a capacitance value, and a resistance value. 
 
     
     
       8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to operate as a design supporting apparatus and execute operations, the operations comprising:
 creating power supply planes in each layer of a circuit board, from CAD data of the circuit board, whereby the power supply planes form one power supply conductor interconnect and supply power or connect to ground; 
 expanding the power supply planes by a predetermined width; 
 creating power supply pairs using the expanded power supply planes by forming opposing portions of two power supply planes in different layers separated by an insulator; 
 generating nodes for the expanded power supply planes and the power supply pairs, calculating a parameter between nodes, dividing the expanded power supply planes into mesh, calculating the parameters between the nodes, calculating a mesh area corresponding to an expanded portion of the power supply planes in each the mesh by comparing each mesh shape with the power supply plane shape, and correcting the parameter by use of the mesh area; and 
 designing the electronics device using the mesh area. 
 
     
     
       9. The computer-readable recording medium according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 expanding the power supply plane toward an outside of an outer of the power supply plane. 
 
     
     
       10. The computer-readable recording medium according to  claim 8 ,
 expanding the power supply plane toward the inside of a hole in the power supply plane. 
 
     
     
       11. The computer-readable recording medium according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the predetermined width is proportional to a distance between the layer having the power supply planes and a proximal layer to the power supply planes. 
 
     
     
       12. The computer-readable recording medium according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 generating the power supply mesh model as said analysis model; and 
 converting the power supply mesh into an equivalent circuit of the parameters. 
 
     
     
       13. The computer-readable recording medium according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the parameter is selected from the group consisting of an inductance value, a capacitance value, and a resistance value. 
 
     
     
       14. A design supporting system for designing an electronics device comprising:
 creating power supply planes in each layer of a circuit board, from CAD data of the circuit board, whereby the power supply planes form one power supply conductor interconnect and supply power or connect to ground; 
 expanding the power supply planes by a predetermined width; 
 creating power supply pairs using the expanded power supply planes by forming opposing portions of two power supply planes in different layers separated by an insulator; 
 generating nodes for the expanded power supply planes and the power supply pairs, calculating a parameter between nodes, dividing the expanded power supply planes into mesh, calculating the parameters between the nodes, calculating a mesh area corresponding to an expanded portion of the power supply planes in each the mesh by comparing each mesh shape with the power supply plane shape, and correcting the parameter by use of the mesh area; and 
 designing the electronics device using the mesh area.